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Title: Molecularly Mixed Composite Membranes for Advanced Separation Processes

Abstract

Porous organic cages (POCs) are individual soluble, porous molecules. Additionally, when fabricated into mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs), the soluble POC molecules have the potential to exhibit intimate molecular-level mixing with the polymer matrix. POCs have only recently been incorporated into mixed matrix membrane materials, but this process has not yet resulted in significant improvements of membrane performance. Now, vertex-functionalized amorphous scrambled porous organic cages (ASPOCs) have been utilized as membrane performance enhancers and the amorphous ASPOC mixtures are observed to distribute throughout the matrix without any indication of particle formation or agglomeration, creating unique, molecularly mixed composite membranes. Overall, the molecularly mixed composite membrane provide significant increases in both membrane permeability and selectivity, offering new avenues for creation of membranes with unique properties in industrially relevant separations.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Understanding and Control of Acid Gas-induced Evolution of Materials for Energy (UNCAGE-ME); Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
OSTI Identifier:
1767457
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1492100
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012577; AC05-00OR22725; ECCS-1542174
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie (International Edition); Journal Volume: 58; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; catalysis (heterogeneous); defects; membrane; carbon capture; materials and chemistry by design; synthesis (novel materials); synthesis (self-assembly); synthesis (scalable processing); cage compounds; gas separation; interfaces; membranes; organic solvent nanofiltration

Citation Formats

Zhu, Guanghui, Zhang, Fengyi, Rivera, Matthew P., Hu, Xunxiang, Zhang, Guoyan, Jones, Christopher W., and Lively, Ryan P. Molecularly Mixed Composite Membranes for Advanced Separation Processes. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1002/anie.201811341.
Zhu, Guanghui, Zhang, Fengyi, Rivera, Matthew P., Hu, Xunxiang, Zhang, Guoyan, Jones, Christopher W., & Lively, Ryan P. Molecularly Mixed Composite Membranes for Advanced Separation Processes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201811341
Zhu, Guanghui, Zhang, Fengyi, Rivera, Matthew P., Hu, Xunxiang, Zhang, Guoyan, Jones, Christopher W., and Lively, Ryan P. Fri . "Molecularly Mixed Composite Membranes for Advanced Separation Processes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201811341. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1767457.
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title = {Molecularly Mixed Composite Membranes for Advanced Separation Processes},
author = {Zhu, Guanghui and Zhang, Fengyi and Rivera, Matthew P. and Hu, Xunxiang and Zhang, Guoyan and Jones, Christopher W. and Lively, Ryan P.},
abstractNote = {Porous organic cages (POCs) are individual soluble, porous molecules. Additionally, when fabricated into mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs), the soluble POC molecules have the potential to exhibit intimate molecular-level mixing with the polymer matrix. POCs have only recently been incorporated into mixed matrix membrane materials, but this process has not yet resulted in significant improvements of membrane performance. Now, vertex-functionalized amorphous scrambled porous organic cages (ASPOCs) have been utilized as membrane performance enhancers and the amorphous ASPOC mixtures are observed to distribute throughout the matrix without any indication of particle formation or agglomeration, creating unique, molecularly mixed composite membranes. Overall, the molecularly mixed composite membrane provide significant increases in both membrane permeability and selectivity, offering new avenues for creation of membranes with unique properties in industrially relevant separations.},
doi = {10.1002/anie.201811341},
journal = {Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)},
number = 9,
volume = 58,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Fri Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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